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Incontinence
If you have urinary incontinence, you have a tendency to accidentally leak urine. It may happen when you cough, sneeze, or laugh, or if you feel a strong urge to go to the bathroom but can’t get there in time. Urinary incontinence can make you feel embarrassed, but don’t be—there are treatments that can help.
Incontinence News
Procedure for Incontinence in Women May Lose Effectiveness With Time
By Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, May 14 (HealthDay News) — The success of a common surgery for pelvic organ prolapse — a painful and distressing condition affecting many women — lessens over time, according to a new study. Abdominal sacrocolpopexy is a procedure used to relieve the problem. It involves stitching a piece of mesh on [...]
New Procedure May Shrink Enlarged Prostate Without Surgery
By Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, April 15 (HealthDay News) — Men who need treatment for an enlarged prostate may soon have a new nonsurgical option, a small, early study suggests. Called prostatic artery embolization (PAE), the technique uses a catheter threaded into an artery in the leg. The catheter is guided to the artery that supplies [...]
FDA Gives Nod to Botox to Treat Overactive Bladder
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday gave its approval for the use of Botox against a form of urinary incontinence known as overactive bladder. “Clinical studies have demonstrated Botox’s ability to significantly reduce the frequency of urinary incontinence,” Dr. Hylton Joffe, director of the Division of Reproductive and Urologic Products in the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said
Botox Injections: Option for Urge Incontinence?
By Kathleen DohenyHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Oct. 4 (HealthDay News) — Botulinum toxin, the anti-wrinkle treatment known as Botox, can also help women with urge incontinence reduce their leaking episodes, according to a new study. Injecting Botox into the bladder worked as well as daily solifenacin pills, a commonly prescribed treatment for incontinence, the researchers found. The Botox treatment [...]
Incontinence Affects Young Childless Women, Too
By Jenifer GoodwinHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, July 17 (HealthDay News) — Urinary incontinence is often thought of as a problem that occurs after childbirth or in old age, but a new study finds that many young women who have never given birth have the bothersome condition, too. Researchers in Australia surveyed more than 1,000 women aged 16 to [...]
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